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Mummy's hometown
Hope Lim
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- Book Synopsis
- When a young boy and his mother travel overseas to her childhood home in Korea, the town is not as he imagined. Will he be able to see it the way Mummy does? This gentle, contemplative picture book about family origins invites us to ponder the meaning of home. A young boy loves listening to his mother describe the place where she grew up, a world of tall mountains and friends splashing together in the river. Mummy's stories have let the boy visit her homeland in his thoughts and dreams, and now he's old enough to travel with her to see it for himself. But when mother and son arrive, the town is not as he imagined. Skyscrapers block the mountains, and crowds hurry past. The boy feels like an outsider - until they visit the river where his mother used to play, and he sees that the spirit and happiness of those days remain. Sensitively pitched to a child's-eye view, this vivid story honors the immigrant experience and the timeless bond between parent and child, past and present.
- About The Author
- Hope Lim is the author of Mummy's Hometown, illustrated by Jaime Kim; I Am a Bird, illustrated by Hyewon Yum; My Tree, illustrated by Il Sung Na; and Sourgrass, illustrated by Shahrzad Maydani. Born and raised in South Korea, Hope Lim now lives with her family in San Francisco. Find her online at hopelim.com, on Instagram as @hopelim_sf and on X as @hope_lim.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781529506358
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Walker Books Ltd, (05 May 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 32
- Weight
- 270 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 128 x 21 mm
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